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Server Mailbox Example

This example creates a server with one or more pvas::SharedPV::buildMailbox() instances.

#include <stdio.h>
#if !defined(_WIN32)
#include <signal.h>
#define USE_SIGNAL
#endif
#include <epicsEvent.h>
#include <pv/pvData.h>
#include <pv/serverContext.h>
#include <pva/server.h>
#include <pva/sharedstate.h>
namespace pvd = epics::pvData;
namespace pva = epics::pvAccess;
namespace {
epicsEvent done;
#ifdef USE_SIGNAL
void alldone(int num)
{
(void)num;
done.signal();
}
#endif
static pvd::StructureConstPtr string_type(pvd::getFieldCreate()->createFieldBuilder()
->add("value", pvd::pvString)
->createStructure());
static pvd::StructureConstPtr int_type(pvd::getFieldCreate()->createFieldBuilder()
->add("value", pvd::pvInt)
->createStructure());
static pvd::StructureConstPtr real_type(pvd::getFieldCreate()->createFieldBuilder()
->add("value", pvd::pvDouble)
->createStructure());
}//namespace
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
try {
if(argc<=1) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <pvname[=type]> ...\n type: string, int, real", argv[0]);
return 1;
}
// container for PVs
pvas::StaticProvider provider("mailbox"); // provider name "mailbox" is arbitrary
for(int i=1; i<argc; i++) {
std::string name(argv[i]), type("string");
size_t sep = name.find('=');
if(sep != name.npos) {
if(sep==0 || sep==name.size()) {
fprintf(stderr, "Invalid: '%s'\n", argv[i]);
return 1;
}
type = name.substr(sep+1);
name = name.substr(0, sep-1);
}
pvas::SharedPV::shared_pointer pv(pvas::SharedPV::buildMailbox());
// open() the PV, associates type
if(type=="string") {
pv->open(string_type);
} else if(type=="int") {
pv->open(int_type);
} else if(type=="real") {
pv->open(real_type);
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "Unknown type '%s'\n", type.c_str());
return 1;
}
// add to container
provider.add(argv[1], pv);
}
// create and run network server
pva::ServerContext::shared_pointer server(pva::ServerContext::create(
pva::ServerContext::Config()
// use default config from environment
.provider(provider.provider())
));
#ifdef USE_SIGNAL
signal(SIGINT, alldone);
signal(SIGTERM, alldone);
signal(SIGQUIT, alldone);
#endif
server->printInfo();
printf("Running with mailbox '%s'\n", argv[1]);
done.wait();
} catch(std::exception& e){
std::cerr<<"Error: "<<e.what()<<"\n";
return 1;
}
return 0;
}